Wyclef Jean is famous for being a Haitian-born rapper/singer, and is sometimes referred to as the face of Haiti. His charity called Yele Haiti, is a charity that’s been around for some years, helping the third world country build money for food, education and other things that are needed. Now, more than ever, all the help Haiti can get is needed. It was hit by two earthquakes, one was 7 in magnitude and the other a 6.1 magnitude (January 12th and January 20th), devastating millions of Haitians in and around the capitol of Port-Au-Prince. Millions of people are left homeless, hungry, injured and thirsty.

Although Yele Haiti is making its contributions to the disaster in Haiti, Wyclef Jean has been facing a lot of fire about where exactly the charity money is going. On Monday, a teary-eyed Wyclef spoke at a press conference to his fellow Haitians back home, asking them to be patient. There has been a lot of criticism and finger pointing in his direction regarding profiting from the misery of his people. During the press conference he said, “Have we made mistakes? Yes. Did I ever use Yele money for personal benefit? Absolutely not.”

He denies the allegations of these claims to the fullest. It all began when his tax returns were viewed from three, four and five years ago. On there shows costs, like the one to his Manhattan recording studio in the amount of $31,000 — a little far from Haiti, don’t ya think? Then there’s his TV production company in Haiti that showed six digit payments from something called “outreach” — quite a big share of the foundations money. So far, Yele Haiti has accumulated over $2 million for Haiti’s earthquake victims.